The Dragon Mirror: To the university!

Unending BE - episode 217467

“Good idea,” Charlotte said. “I’ve got a friend that might be able to help out!”

“Sounds like a plan. Let’s get out of here and get started.”

It had taken almost six hours to exit the cave and find their way back to civilization. Sharon had stopped back at her house, sneaking in to grab a couple changes of clothes and a blanket to wrap up the mirror pieces. She swiped a pair of jeans and a T-shirt from her slightly thinner sister for Charlotte; they made a tight fit and barely covered her ample breasts, but the fiery young woman seemed to like that.

They made their way to Chandler University, where they would meet Charlotte’s friend. It was almost 11 in the evening when they arrived at .

“Are we going to run into problems by being here so late?” Sharon asked.

“Nah. Annie’s got keys to the lab. She’s running timed experiments here, and she needs to be able to get in at all hours. If anybody asks, we’re assistants, okay?”

Sharon nodded as they reached the lab doors. A Japanese woman in a lab coat greeted them at the door. Her black hair was cut in short bangs, and appeared highly disheveled. “Charlotte, this better be as important as you say,” she frowned, adjusting her thin black glasses.

“It is. Let’s talk inside.” The women quickly entered the lab, with a sighing Annie making sure to close the door behind them. “Damn, it’s cold in here,” said Charlotte, crossing her arms.

“Cold? It’s 95 degrees in this room! The specimens need a hot climate!” Annie waved the conversation away. “All right, Charlotte, let’s see this mirror.”

Charlotte nodded, and unwrapped the blanket. The mirror within caught the fluorescent light, power swirling within the glass.

Annie lowered her spectacles beneath her wide brown eyes. “What…how?”

Sharon and Charlotte exchanged glances. “Okay, this’ll take a while. Just keep an open mind, okay?”

Annie nodded, staring intently into the mirror as the women spun their tale of dragons and curses and transformations. She thought it a trick of the light when she caught Sharon’s and Charlotte’s reflections in the misty glass. They looked like…not quite like dragons, but like some cross of the two. The image lasted but a moment, and Annie thought it was imagination and fatigue…until she saw it again, several minutes later.

She examined her own image, appearing just as it would in any other mirror.

When they had finished their tale, Annie wiped her brow. “I want to help, I really do, but I don’t know what I can do. I’m no mystic; this is no science.”

“There must be some way to work its power,” Sharon said, rubbing her chin.

“Um, I think I see something weird appearing in the glass,” Charlotte said, as the other women came to check it out.

1. Sharon's reflection began to change into her half-dragoness form.
2. Charlotte's reflection began to change into her half-dragoness form.
3. Annie's reflection began to change in draconic ways.
4. *Gorbash's image appeared in the mirror.
5. Nobakai's image appeared in the mirror.
6. Somehing unexpected appeared in the mirror...

Mon Apr 29 19:44:48 2002